The central figure in this story of the early development of the Middle West is Daniel Boone, the man who blazed the famous Wilderness road. In telling his story Mr. Bruce touches on such matters as the economic and social factors influencing the movement across the mountains, and the significance of that movement with relation to the growth of revolutionary sentiment in the American colonies, etc. To be illustrated. _In preparation_ The Story of the Great Lakes By EDWARD CHANNING and MARION F. LANSING The Professor of American History in Harvard University, author of a number of volumes on the History of the United States, has found an immense amount of romance centred about the Great Lakes, from the time of their discovery and early exploration by the French missionaries down to the present time when they play so important a part in the industrial progress of the Middle West. This book tells the story of these great inland waterways, with special reference to those picturesque aspects of history which interest the general reader. To be illustrated. _Cloth, $1.50_ The Story of Old Fort Loudon By CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK A Tale of the Cherokees and the Pioneers of Tennessee, 1760, by the author of “The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains.” Illustrated by ERNEST C. PEIXOTTO. _Cloth, $1.50_ Southern Soldier Stories By GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON Forty-seven stories illustrating the heroism of those brave Americans who fought on the losing side in the Civil War. Humor and pathos are found side by side in these pages, which bear evidence of absolute truth. Illustrated by R. F. ZOGBAUM. _Cloth, $1.50_ Tales of the Enchanted Isles of the Atlantic By THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON Legends showing that the people of Europe were for centuries fed with romances of marvellous and beautiful countries beyond the Atlantic. Besides the early Irish, Spanish, and other traditions of the Happy Islands of the West, there come to us, among others from our own race, the old stories of King Arthur and his Avalon; of St. Brandan’s Isle; of the Voyages of Erik the Viking; and of the vanishing Norumbega, so real a vision to the imaginations of Queen Elizabeth’s day. Illustrated by ALBERT HERTER. _Cloth, $1.50_ De Soto and His Men in the Land of Florida By GRACE KING The author of “New Orleans: The Place and the People” has collected into an entertaining volume stories of the brilliant armada which sailed westward under De Soto in 1538 to subdue the natives and bring this country under the Spanish crown. Old Spanish and Portuguese narratives are the basis of its history. Illustrated by GEORGE GIBBS.